IP Paris to Host the Interuniversity Finals of the 2026 3MT® Competition
Following the inaugural 2025 edition, in which two PhD students from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris won the interuniversity final of the competition, the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT®) returns to Palaiseau this year.
Two dates to mark on your calendar:
- The IP Paris local final, on June 4 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Télécom Paris, during which registered IP Paris PhD students will compete for a spot in the inter-university final.
- The inter-university final, on June 25 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Télécom Paris, where the two IP Paris finalists will face off against their counterparts from Université Paris-Saclay and Université PSL.
IP Paris Ph.D. students, please register to participate in the local final of the 3MT competition
2025 final
In the 2025 edition, Sooyong Chae, an IP Paris PhD student in the Laboratory of Physics of Interfaces and Thin Films (LPICM*) at École Polytechnique, was selected for the interuniversity final and won first prize from the jury and the audience award. Ana-Maria Bratu, an IP Paris PhD student in the Hydrodynamics Laboratory (LadHyX**) at École Polytechnique, was also selected for the inter-university final and took second place in the competition.
Both impressed the judges with their scientific clarity, the accessibility of their explanations, their oral fluency, and their precision.
About the 3MT® competition
Launched in 2008 at the University of Queensland (Australia), the competition has become a global phenomenon, with more than 900 institutions from over 85 countries participating. 3MT® encourages the development of scientific communication skills to enhance the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple and engaging way.
*LPICM: a joint research unit CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
**LadHyX: a joint research unit CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France